"crotchet" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkɹɑt͡ʃ.ɪt/ [General-American], /ˈkɹɒtʃ.ɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-crotchet.wav [Southern-England] Forms: crotchets [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒtʃɪt Etymology: From Middle English crochet, from Old French crochet (“small hook”), from croc + -et (diminutive suffix), from Old Norse krókr (“hook”). The musical note was named so because of a small hook on its stem in black notation (in modern notation this hook is on the quaver/eighth note). Doublet of crochet, crocket, and croquet. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|crochet}} Middle English crochet, {{der|en|fro|crochet||small hook}} Old French crochet (“small hook”), {{m|fro|croc}} croc, {{m|fro|-et|pos=diminutive suffix}} -et (diminutive suffix), {{der|en|non|krókr||hook}} Old Norse krókr (“hook”), {{doublet|en|crochet|crocket|croquet}} Doublet of crochet, crocket, and croquet Head templates: {{en-noun}} crotchet (plural crotchets)
  1. (music) A musical note one beat long in 4/4 time. Categories (topical): Music Synonyms: quarter note Translations (musical note): четвъртина нота (četvǎrtina nota) (Bulgarian), negra [feminine] (Catalan), 四分音符 (sei³ fan¹ jam¹ fu⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 四分音符 (sìfēn yīnfú) (Chinese Mandarin), fjerdedelsnode [common-gender] (Danish), kwart noot [feminine] (Dutch), neljäsosanuotti (Finnish), noire [feminine] (French), Viertelnote [feminine] (German), τέταρτο (tétarto) [neuter] (Greek), negyed (Hungarian), fjórðapartsnóta [feminine] (Icelandic), fjórðipartur [masculine] (Icelandic), croisín [masculine] (Irish), ceathrú nóta [masculine] (Irish), semiminima [feminine] (Italian), 四分音符 (shibun onpu) (Japanese), czwiercnóta [feminine] (Kashubian), 사분음표 (sabuneumpyo) (Korean), krocet (Malay), orotahi (Maori), crochet (Middle English), ćwierćnuta [feminine] (Polish), semínima [feminine] (Portuguese), четвертна́я но́та (četvertnája nóta) [feminine] (Russian), че́тверть (čétvertʹ) [feminine] (Russian), punc dubh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), četrtinka [feminine] (Slovene), negra [feminine] (Spanish), fjärdedelsnot (Swedish), crosiet [masculine] (Welsh), crosied [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-crotchet-en-noun-bm12LzrC Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music Disambiguation of 'musical note': 74 4 4 1 1 4 3 10
  2. (obsolete) A sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-crotchet-en-noun-eOlsnI0e
  3. (surgery, now chiefly historical) A hook-shaped instrument, especially as used in obstetric surgery. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Surgery
    Sense id: en-crotchet-en-noun-kZUaf1cd Topics: medicine, sciences, surgery
  4. (archaic) A whim or a fancy. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-crotchet-en-noun-EvC8aCaS
  5. A forked support; a crotch.
    Sense id: en-crotchet-en-noun-COPXjJpp
  6. (military, historical) An indentation in the glacis of the covered way, at a point where a traverse is placed. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-crotchet-en-noun-L9uZ-D6X Topics: government, military, politics, war
  7. (military) The arrangement of a body of troops, either forward or rearward, so as to form a line nearly perpendicular to the general line of battle. Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-crotchet-en-noun-jLdUlErp Topics: government, military, politics, war
  8. (printing) A square bracket. Categories (topical): Printing
    Sense id: en-crotchet-en-noun-M5B-dIQ7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 7 20 2 6 19 5 28 Topics: media, printing, publishing
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: crotchet rest, crotchety

Verb

IPA: /ˈkɹɑt͡ʃ.ɪt/ [General-American], /ˈkɹɒtʃ.ɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-crotchet.wav [Southern-England] Forms: crotchets [present, singular, third-person], crotcheting [participle, present], crotcheted [participle, past], crotcheted [past]
Rhymes: -ɒtʃɪt Etymology: From Middle English crochet, from Old French crochet (“small hook”), from croc + -et (diminutive suffix), from Old Norse krókr (“hook”). The musical note was named so because of a small hook on its stem in black notation (in modern notation this hook is on the quaver/eighth note). Doublet of crochet, crocket, and croquet. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|crochet}} Middle English crochet, {{der|en|fro|crochet||small hook}} Old French crochet (“small hook”), {{m|fro|croc}} croc, {{m|fro|-et|pos=diminutive suffix}} -et (diminutive suffix), {{der|en|non|krókr||hook}} Old Norse krókr (“hook”), {{doublet|en|crochet|crocket|croquet}} Doublet of crochet, crocket, and croquet Head templates: {{en-verb}} crotchet (third-person singular simple present crotchets, present participle crotcheting, simple past and past participle crotcheted)
  1. (obsolete) to play music in measured time Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-crotchet-en-verb-ru1Sfn0B
  2. Archaic form of crochet (knit by looping) Tags: alt-of, archaic Alternative form of: crochet (extra: knit by looping)
    Sense id: en-crotchet-en-verb-GISRs-Ym

Inflected forms

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          "lang": "Polish",
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "četvertnája nóta",
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          "word": "четвертна́я но́та"
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          "word": "fjärdedelsnot"
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          "note": "โน้ตตัวดำ (not-tua-dam, literally “black body note”)",
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          "ref": "1797 September 1, Hester Lynch Piozzi, Thraliana",
          "text": "Either Doctor Denman or an old Woman would have waited—but since the horrid death-doing Crotchet has been found out, & its use permitted—Oh! many & many a Life has been flung away.",
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          "ref": "1847, Thomas De Quincey, “Secret Societies”, in Tait's Edinburgh Magazine",
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  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to play music in measured time"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) to play music in measured time"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "knit by looping",
          "word": "crochet"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English archaic forms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Archaic form of crochet (knit by looping)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "crochet",
          "crochet#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "archaic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɹɑt͡ʃ.ɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɹɒtʃ.ɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒtʃɪt"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-crotchet.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9c/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-crotchet.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-crotchet.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9c/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-crotchet.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-crotchet.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "crotchet"
  ],
  "word": "crotchet"
}

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